Filling-changing loom.



No. 887,465. PATLNTLD MAY 12, 1908, R. GROMPTON.

FILLING CHANGING LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1907- 5 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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PATENTED MAY 12., 1908.

R. GROMPTON. FILLING CHANGING LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1907.

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No. 887,465. PATENTBD MAY 1'2, 1908.

R. CROMPTON.

FILLING CHANGING LOOM.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 27, 1907.

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PATENTED MAY l2, M08.

ROMPTO INC LOOM.

UNITE@ STATES PATENT anion RANDOLPH OROMPTON, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO CROMPTON & -KNOWLES LOOM WORKS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

FLLNG-CHANGING- LOOM.

,application filed Hay' 27,

T 0 ill 107mm 'ina-1,1 concern- Be it kiiowiith i, Riimioifeii Cnoiirron, a citizen of the iitcd 4vStates, residing in /Vorcester, county ot' Voi-caster, and State of Massachusetts, have inventedan Improvement in Filling-Changing Looms, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like letters on the drawing representing like parts.

This inve` tilliiig-chaiwin provided diliei'ing in ci chfiridcr, the magae being located at one eno oi' the loom, the end oi the lay at the opposite end ci the loom being provided with a series of drop shuttle boxes, the loom being ci' the type shown in United States Patent No. 600,053, dated March l, 1893, said loom being made to transfer automatically from said magazine to a shuttle in. the single shuttle box end of in relates te that class oi 4une is idling the lay a idling-carrier of a particuiar color or character required in the running shuttle to be supplied. with filling. The shuttles in the dro shuttle boxes i'iave 'liliing oiA2 the same co or or character as the hlling-carrieis sustained in the magazine, 'and the shuttles are supplied from the magazine with iilling of the saine color as that carried by the shuttle.

Prior to this invention a rotatable hopper has been )rovided With filling-carriers having lilling dii'ering :in color or character, the iilling-carriers being arranged iii groups, a filling-carrier of each color in each group, and said magazine has been automatically controlled through connections with shu tile-box actuating mechanism` to place one group of said filling-carriers after another under the transferring arm or de vice keeping under said arm or device a filling-carrier of each group having iilling oi the color or character of the Filling in the runningshuttle, so that if said arm or device is moved, a iilling-carrier having filling of the same color that in the shuttle may be transferred from the magazine onto the ruiming shuttle.

ln looms Where the idling-carriers are arranged in groups, each group having one 'lillii'ig-carrier oi: each color, but a single illing-carrier is removed automatically from eachY group, the particular color of `lillingcarrier so removed varying'in accordance With which of the several shuttles havingr` shuttle, and the Specification of Letters Patent'.

Patented'iriay ia, 190s;

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l filling of the same color is to befsiipplied with fresh iilling. For instance, if but two colors are used in each grou it will Vbe evident .that but one-half of the illing-carriers,sustained in the magazine can be transferred automatically Without replenishing the magazine by hand; and where the filling-carriers are arranged in groups of three, but one-third of `"the filling-carriers, and where arranged in groups oi four, but one-fourth of the number oi' said.'lilling-carriers can be transferred beeach filling-carrier, V said indicators being laced in one or tlieother position when the iilling-carrier having a iilling of one or anothercolor oi character is applied to the magazine.

The magazine herein shown is sustained by an inwardly directed radial arm mounted loosely on a stud, the magazine normally octhe control of an actuator.

i have combined with the magazine, magazine-actuating means that may he moved from a normal starting point for a definite stroke when moving the magazine to place a filling-carrier of a particular color in the path of movement of the transferring ai'in or device.

i l have c i nibined with the magazine a stop forward movement, the maga-zine-actuating means continuing its movement vand completing its full stroke.

Thcistop referred to is sustained by, a stopcarrier that is raised or `lowered by the l tioiied by a Afilling-carrier having filling oi' the color or characterci that 1n the ruiming tore stopping the loom to replenish `the magacopying its inoperative position of rest under to arrest the magazine at rany point in its' shuttle-box actuating means toplace the same in position to meet an indicator posistop is moved longitudinally the particular color or character of filling on .to engage an indicator and arrest the maga zine Whenever the running shuttle is to be i .orto l up gaps in the magazine.

' magazine with-a iilling carrier of the desired.

. transferring arm or device that the latter grab or bobbin holder of the shuttle.

' tion by an indicator meeting said stop.

. end of a loom with which l have embodied.

' inner end of the magazine together with partl in'fwhich i have chosen to illustrate the'same "magazine is determined bythe color or charv'having filling of the required color from the replenished.` In-my novel loom itis possible to :remove antoniatically a large majority of if not most foi- `the filling-carriers from the .magazine withoutgthe operative taking time to resu ply lling-earriers to. the. -magazine .The magazine-actuating means in the form eomprises a hooked bar, an elbow lever,`arid- "a rack, and. said actuatlng means jderlves its ing means when operated turning 'the magazine forwardly or to the left, see Figure 1, from its position of'rest, Where it is retained normally, .untilone or the other indicators of the magazine, the. position-of which on .the

acter of thefilling the running shuttle inthe single box end of the'4 loom, comes Vagainst the stop referred to which will arrest the color in position under the foot of the usual when vmoved wiil transfer a: filling-carrier magazine into the open upper side of the shuttlethen in the single shuttle box end of the lay, the incoming lfilling-carrier ejecting from said shuttle thebobbin 'which is to be changed leaving a fresh carrier in the usual As stated theoperativestroke of the rack is sufiicient to always impart to the magazine its full stroke-.in one direction, said stroke being however always less than a full rotation, and thereafter 'said rack/is returned automatically to its normal or starting position, but provision is made,'as stated, to-a-r rest the magazine in its forward movement whenever one of the indicators thereof controlled by a filling-carrier meets the vstop referred to, as will be hereinafter further described; or in other words the rack may move andcomplete its full stroke after the magazine has been arrested in one or another posi- Fig. l in side elevation partially in section on the line rr- Fig. 8, shows the right hand mechanism of my own invention located at that end'of the loom; Fig. 2 is adetail showing a yielding support to be described; Fig. 3 is a detail on an enlargedl scale showing theV of the rack for moving 'the same, and a sto for arresting the magazine in whatever position called for by the particular oolor or character of i'ill'ing that is to be changed, Fig. 3a is a section below the-dotted line Fig. 3v crossing the hub of arm d8; Fig. 4l is a top or planview showing part of `the breast-beam, the

filling-fork and part of the transferring arm',.

in Contact withlling on the race df the lay;

-lay filling had not been left thereon in the i part of the end frame of a loo-m, A the breast-.

samer ahd a portion of the hopper below the section line F ig. 3; Fig. 'shows the filling-fork 4 slide in its norm-al position, the filling-fork being in the position it will occupy" when not l 70 Fig. 6 shows the filling-fork slide as ha'vmg 4been moved outwardly-v somewhat over the vbreast-'beam -by4 the usual-fork hammer, vit being supposed vthat at. vthe last beat of the path of movement ofthe filling-fork; Fig; 7 is a ldetail -,showing the hammer as moved forwardly into the position Fig.l 5, thehammer at the same time moving certair devicesto be described, said gurel showing the fillingfork in. dotted lines as tipped, as it will be b the transferrer, to prevent the filling-for slidefrom being moved backwardly at the nextpick .after replenishing the shuttle; Fig. 8 is a much enlarged vsectional detail looking at the front of the loom of part ofthe magazine, its support, andl the transferrer; Fig. 9 shows a gear loose on the stud supporting the quill of the hopper, said gear beingmoved at times by the rack bar forming part of the magazine-moving-means; Fig. 10 is a sectional detail in the line y, Fig. 8, showing one'of the devices for putting into vits operative position a locking device to hold an indicator in one or its otherl position. Fig. 11 shows the pin moving device detached from Fig. l0; and Fig. 12 is a detailshowing part of the filling-mover moved vbythe magazine.

Referring toy the drawing, A represents beam, A2 the lay. provided with a bunter a, A3 the cam shaft, A4 the crank-shaft, said-- shafts deriving theirI motion one from 4the other by usual gearing (not shown),-the lay pitmen A5, the transferring arm or-pusherv A6 having a depending end A7 on'whichis jointed a dagger A8, .the s ring A9v acting normally to hold theI trans yerrerfin its ele-` vated inoperative position, are' and may-be all of usual construction in .automatic illing` 11() replenishing looms, t e transferrer being actuated whenever th d'aggergisf,lifted-Ito?be,l struck by the bunter a, i It that the lay of the-loom -hereint n l will, in practice, bepreyidedjat; its .le t hand 115 end, or its end oppositethe place; ocoiipied by the magazine to be "`des cribed,' withja :Series oi dro shuttle-boxessuoh as illustrated in U. S. atent No. 600,053, ldated March 1,

.1898, s aid shuttle-boxes containingshuttles provided with illing "diieringin. color or character, the number of colors' of filling depending uponjthe number of. shuttle-boxes employed,` this. llatter patent showing a shuttle box Containingv three cells.

Herein I have illustrated my'in'vention as adapted to control a' dropbox having two cells and controlling shuttles having, let it be supposed, a red and white filling. "This invention is not, however, limited to any par- 130 :hereln to be described, .l connect to the top of ,the breast-beam b v bolts 1B, seelig. 4l, the foot of a stand B having an upright B proi vided with a hub B3 that receives the magazine-sustaining stud B4, said stud being held in said hub by a set-screw B5. The upright B2, see'liig. 8, has a stud on which is mounted al flanged roller t6 that serves as a guide for a rack barB7 of the magazine-actuating,means to be described, the teeth of said'raclr engaging the teeth 2, see Fig. 9, of a gear BB loosely mounted on said stud, said gear having at'its 'right hand end, see Fig. 8, a hub that reeeives'loosely the open end of the hub C ot' the magazine C. The hub or right hand end of the gear B8 has connected with it one end of a sp'iral spring B9 'thc opposite end o1 which is connected with a collar 'B10 which surrounds said stud loosely, said collar being connected with the quill' or liub ot the magazine by a set-screw B12.

The magazine-consists essentially of a ring,

vthe shape of Which is shown best in Figs. 1 and 3, it comprising acasting presenting narrow rim Sleft by theformation of an arcshaped opening C2, the ends of which are terminated by the edges d, 5, oi' a radial arm e extended from the cen ter oil and forming part of fthe magazine and its central hub C. Application Serial Number 352,911 ililed January 187 1907, shows a magazine having a radial sustaining arm, and said magazine is claimed broadly in said application.

The rim or periphery of the magazine herein shown diii'ers however slightly in shape from the .rim of the magazine shown in my said application Serial No. 352,911, that is, the rim herein shown, instead ot' being notched as in said application, has a projecting' flange C4 provided with a series of holes that lreceive screws 6 that are extemlod through a plate 7, see Fig. 8, that sustains grabs S grooved at their inner sides to 'receive between them and hold the ringed butt ot' each filling-carrier, said carriers, as herein shown, having each a projection 1i) that meets an abutment 12 of a series of pin-moving devices or levers 14 pivoted at 13 on the magazine, these abutments sustaining the butt ends of the filling-carriers, all in the 'same circular path.

As the levers 14 are moved toward thc left, F ig. 8', in placing the butts of the iilling-carbetween said grabs, said ,levers each move outwardly a locking device 17a-X, shown as a headed pin, said device when moved out- Wardly engaging one or another ot' a series ol notches of a series of indicator carriers a shown as spring :arms connected at one end vfil'h the flange C" of the magazine by a studscron; uil, each in(licator-carrier sustaining at its free end an indicator of, and as l have herein chosen to illustrate my invention lor handling filling-carriers olE but two dill'ercnt colors, l have provided cach'arm or indicator-carrier d with but tuo notches 1T, 1S, shown moreclearliv in liig. 8, the notch 17 being engaged to lock the indicator-carrior in its outer position, as illustrated by the indicator 20, Fig. 3, when, for instance, a red 'tilling occupies that particular position in the maga-zine. The arms or indicator-carriers are turned by hand about their pivots as the idling-carriers are placed in thc magazine.

l have shougn the remaining indicators a as occupying such a position as to permit the locking devices 141-X to engage the recesses 18, when, let it be supposed, thc idling-carrier has white idling, so it will be understood that when the .indica tors occupyr the positions ai, the Ylilling-carriers used to lock said indicators .in that position have filling dille/ring in color from the ililling on the Ylilling-carrier controlling thc indicator 2l). (lf course it will be understood. that should the loom be set up to usethree dill'erent colors ot iilling, or Afour diflierent colors of filling, then in such caso the indirater-carriers o will have three or tout' notcl'ies.

lfn Fig. 3 an indicator o" shown as controlled atilliug carrier provided with White 'lilliug, occupies .its operative position to meot the magazine stopping moans to be described to arrest a idling-carrier, having white lilling, in tho path of moveinent of the transferrcr.

ln Fig. l l have shown the singleshuttlel box end ol' the lay, and it will bc undcrstood that the liront wall ol" said shuttle-box Will,J in practice, bc provided with a binder of usual -construction, and in said `ligure l have shown bvdotted lincs the layr 'occupying its 'forward position, the position it will occupy- When the translioircr is actuated to transfer tho 'filling-carrier then under it from the magazine into thc open upper side ol the shuttle, it at the same time eject-ing the lilling-carrier then in the shuttle through. theopen lower sido ol" the shuttle and through the la)r which is open undt-u'neath said shuttle, as provided l'or in S. Patent No. 600,053.

ils the pins or lmglring devices 1liYX are pushed out bv placing the but ol' a lillingcarrier in thc magazine, the ends of the pins besides locking the indicator-carriers or', which are ol' spring metal, also puslies the lrec ends ol said indic:ttor-carriers out- Wardlyr awavt'roiu the .sido ot thc magazine thus placing the indicators mounted on said indicator carriers in such position 'as tol meet a stop c3 to bc described, und vvhencver a lilling-carrier is removed from the magazine the pin 14X previously heid out' by the lillingcarrier is moved to the right by the indicatorcarrier, said carrier approaching and con- CII tacting preferably with the magazine, in which position the indicator is not projected sufficiently from the end of the magazine to strike the stop es". In other words the indicators are maintained in their operative position by the filling-carriers, and when a lillof an elbow lever D having-its'fulcrum at D,

ing-carrier is removed the indicatoris immediately moved automatically to occupy its ino ierative position.

will now describe the magazine-actuat ingmeans, and referring to the rack-bar B7 beforereferred to, it will be seen that them-- ner end of said bar is jointed to the upper end the opposite end of said lever having jointed thereto a leg D2 provided at its lower end with a hook D3, that is engaged and depressedby an actuator.D6 shown as a radius bar having its fulcrum at D7 and provided with a roller stud D8 entering an irregular vgroove in a cam plate D9 fast on the crankshaft, said cam groove being of a shape to move said radius bar up andv down once during each complete revolution of the camshaft, thus moving said radius bar in one or the other direction during each complete forward and backward movement of the lay.

i and through it turn the transferring arm A6 about its supporting stud 23 in usual manner.

The arm D has connected with it a spring D9 constituting a return actuator that acts normally to move the rack B7 in the direction of the arrow thereon, Fig. 1, the movement of said' arm to restore the magazine to its .starting position being arrested by 'an arresting device D1".

Referring to the drawing Fig. 1 E2 represents the fulcrum for the shuttle-box lever E3, a lever that may be in all particulars the same as the shuttle-bon lever employed in vv "United Statesv Patent No. 600,053, to move a series of -drop shuttle boxes, not herein 'shown Thisy lever E3, however, has connected with it a link (l jointed to an arm d connected with a shaft d2 at the drop shuttleboX end of the-loom, said shaft at its end under the magazine having connected with it a second arm d3 that has jointed to it a rod d4, said rod at its upper end being jointed to a stud d5 of a stop-carrying arm dG having a v hub Z7 fitted to be moved vertically on an upright stud d8, said stud being held at its opposite ends in suitable ears (Z9 of t-he upright B2.

The stop-carrying arm flu-is moved verti- As l the leg DZ is depressed, a roller D5 adjustable' .When'whatevermeans is employed to indicate a change of filling is operated, the lever d6 is turned to the right, Fig. 4, by a lever e4 pivoted at Pand vvunderthe control of the weft-fork mechanism or othersuitable lfeeling or detecting means, andthe stop 'e30 is placed in the path of movement of one of the indicators before described.

. By moving the stop-carrying arm vertivcally and horizontally, as described, the stop may be put into its operative position to be met by one of saidA indicators; whenever the weft-fork slide or other feeling or detecting means is moved after the absence of fillin on the race of the la or after the practica or complete exhaustion of the filling from the filling-carrier in the single shuttle-box end of the lay.

Fig.` 4 shows the stop in its inoperative p0'- sition but when the lever e4 is turned in the direction of the arrow thereon, Fig. 4, the short arm of said lever, actingV on the` end of the adjusting device e carried by an eXten- 10G sion el of the arm d6, will turn saidl arm to project the stop in the path of the indicator next to be brought against said stop after said lever e4 is moved. A spring s connected with the hub of said arm d, acts 105 normally to maintain the adjusting device e in contact with theshort arm of the-,lever e4.

It has been stated that the movement of the magazine may be less than a full stroke by the magazine-moving means, this vbeing 11n necessary to place in position under the transferrer the first or any following filling-carrier in the magazine vcontaining filling of the desired color or character. To provide @for this, While the effective stroke of therack B7 115 is always for the same'distance, I have interposed the spring B, it permitting the maga? zine to be arrested in any position andheld by the stop e30 while the rack-bar completes its full stroke. I have fixed to the outer end 12o of the stud B4 by a set-screw S0 the hub of a filling-thread rest Sl, and I have fixed to the outer end of the quill C a idling-mover S3, it comprising a disk having a series of notched arms, see Fig. 12 Where part of the disk is 125 shown, each notch in each ariii receiving a A filling as the same is led from a filling-carrier over the edge of the rest Si, the rotation of thearms causing their slotted portions to act on the filling and move the saine over said 13e,-lv

- such movement of said arm placing the hookrest, the slots otrsaid arms not sustaining in any way the filling. has a segmental part corresponding in shape with the space in the magazine, see Fig. 3, and I have mounted loosely on the end ot the stud B4 a 'filling end holder 84 and have con-- nected the same by a stud S5 with the filling mover 83, so that said iilling end holder is moved to and fro with the magazine and the rest..

When the s ring B acts as described on the arm of the el i ow lever D to move the rack B7 in the direction of the arrow thereon, a pin 26 extended from one side of the gear B8 acts upon a projection 27 extended from the hub of the radial arm el" forming part oi the magazine to turn the magazine backwardly into its starting position,

Referringnow to the wett-fork,-the upper side of the breast beam has mounted thereonv a guide gin which may be moved transversely of the breast-beam the wett-fork slide bar g, having its outer end notched to receive a projection q2 at the upper end et anarm g3 piv oted at g4 so that when said. slide-bar is moved outwardly inthe direction of the arrow thereabove in Fig. 5, which movement will take place in usual manner when the i'illing is absent on the race ol the lay, the extension@5 of -said arm will rise and through a rod g, see Fig. l, connected vwith an arm gl oi' a rockshaft g8 supported in a stand g connected with the end ot the lay, will turn said rockshaft and with it a toe g10 'connected with the opposite end vof said rock-shaft, the movement of the toe being to the right, viewing Fig; l, thus lett-ing a spring .7iy surrounding said rock-shaftl` one end ol which spring is connected with the stand gg, act and turn in the direction oi' the arrow crossing the same, Fig. l, an arm it connected at its upper end by a link h2 with the leg D2, before described,

D3 of said leg in such position that when the actuator D descends, it will meet said hook, depress the leg and actuate the magazine as described. g The arm 7i has at its side a projection h3 that is normally held in contact with the toe g1 by the spring h so that when the actuator D is raised, alter having depressed the leg D2, the rounded end ot' the actuatormay meet the lower rounded end ot' the leg and push the leg to the lett, Fig. 1.

Tlie'weft-forl slide sustains at its inner end a forkf, pivoled at in usual manner and having next the breast-beam the usual tailf4 that may be engaged by .the usual wefthammerj 5 as the latter is moved toward the breast-beam after every other pick of the shuttle, said hammer moving to the. lel't fromthe position Fig. 5 into the position Fig` 6 when the layis forward, at which time, if there is lling on the raceway ol the lay, the weft-forlr will be tilted into its dotted line position, Fig. T, so that the hammer will The Afilling thread rest g g outwardlv.

not engage the weft-fork and move the slide The guide g has a stud-screw 28 upon which is mounted a locking device 29 that coacts with the lever ek before described. The locking device has a notch 30, a tapering nose 3] ,and a neck 32,'said neck resting normally on the top of the lever e when the latter* occupies .its' tull line or inoperative position Fig. 4, the loom then running regularly. .e

The rear end of the weit-t`ork is provided with a finger f" under which is extended part ot' an auxiliary weft-f0rktipping device no1'- mally occupying the position shown in Fi s. 5 and 6, said device being shown best in Fig. 4 as comprising a 1ock-sl1att f", and two arms f7, f 8, the arms f7 being extended un-` der said linger f6.

The rock-shaft fo is situated near one end in an ear f1 formingy part oi the casting B', and at kits opposite end in the upright portion B2 thereof, the arm f3 being bent or in, turned at f12 to engage a shoulder 32 at the` lower side of the transterrer arm A? so that when said transfer-rer is moved to transfer a filling-carrier from the magazine into the shuttle in the single box end of the lay, said rock-shaft is turned causing the portion f7 thereof, acting on the linger f, to tip the weft-tork from its full into its dotted line position, Fig. 7, so that as the lay is moved backwardly at'tcr the shuttle has been provided with llingcarricr, the iillingork will be put into such position that the harn- 160v mer, as'itV next comes iorvard after a iillingcarrier has been supplied to the running shuttle, will not strike the tail of the Wettfork and again move the same to again actuate the transterrer in an inopportune time.

lNhe'n the hammer is moved forwardly from thel position Fig. 5 and the wett-fork is not tipped, 'its tail will b e engaged by the hammer and the wett-fork slide will be moved to the leit,fa .notch in tho slide acting 11^0 on one end of the lever e4, turning said lever and causing its short arm, acting on the adjustingdevice d, to turn the arm and put the stop e30 in its operative position.

As the filling-fork slide is moved back- 115 wardly from the position iiig. 5 into the posit-ion Fig. 6, the portion oi the locking devicle is permitted to drop so that its shoulder 30 engages the corner or edge ol the lever e4 nearestthe crank shaft, vthus lowering the 1,20

nose 81 into the position Fig. 6, the wett iork slide occupying such position d uring the time that the transterrer is operating to transfer `a iilling-carrier from the magazine into the shuttle.

The guide g has connected therewith loosely by a stud screw 34 a slide bar 35,

`said stud-screw entering a slot 86 in said slide-bar. The slide-bar has two projec. tions 3T that embrace the lower side of the 130y l sa lever e4, and when sai'd lever'is moved back- 'Wardly by the slide-bar g', the lever'c4 is also moved backwardly over said stud-screw, the

lslide putting the same in the position Fig.l

50 of the slide-bar 35, shown separately inf Fig. 6a..

Should a shuttle enter the shuttle-box at the filling receiving end of the lay and not leave filling on the race of the lay,'the weftfork willnot be tipped, and consequently as the upper end of the `weft-hammer f5 is moved toward thebreast-beam it engages the'tail of the'uf'eft-fork and moves the W'eftf fork slide g from the position Fig. 5 into thel position Fig., 6.' During this movement one Wallin the notch in the slide g meets one side of the lever eq1 and turns the same in the direction of the arrow crossing said lever7 see Fig. 4, under the locking device 29 mounted on the stud-screw 23 held in the guide g, let-` ting said locking `device drop from the position Fig. 5 into the positionFig. 6 so-v that.

the shoulder 30 engages and holds said lever e4 in position to retain the stop c3 carried by the arm d in its operative position to be struck by that one of the indicators a4 held in its operative position by alling-carrier having filling of the particular color or char y acter that is to be fed from the magazine into the shuttle then in the single shuttle-box.

. As the slide gs is moved from the position Fig. 5 into the position Fig. 6, it acts against the shoulder 37 of thc auxiliary slide-bar 35 slotted at 36 thatit may slide over the studscrew 34 held by the guide'g. The upper side of the auxiliary slide 35, see Fi 6a, has

' a raised portion 50 one edge of which is inweft hammer.

clined as shown at 5l. v The slide bar g has a stud screw 38 that receives and guides the slotted end of a hook 39 having at one side a projection 40 that normally rests on the top portion 50 of the slide 35, 'when the slide bar occupies the position Fig. 5 before the 'weft hammer meets the tail of the weft-fork. .fis the weft hammer is moved toward the left from the position Fig. 5 into the position Fig. 6 the auX- iliary slide is also moved and the high part 50 thereof is Withdrawn from under the pro jection 40, but the-hook; 39 does not drop because at thatJ time its under side is susi tained bythe hook rest 45 carried by the As soon as the locking device 29 drops from the position Fig. 5 into the position Fig. 6 to lock the lever et, the ii-'shaped portion 3l of the locking device drops'behind the lefthand end see Fig, 6 of the hoolr 39, thus preventing the friction of thev auxiliary slide 35' from dragging'iif'ith it the hook over its studlthe hook drops and engages said rest, -as

, the osition Fig. 5.

senese screw 38. I The right hand ends of the slide. 35 and hook are sustained by a guide' 55 con- .nected with. the inner side of the breast-y 'beam. As the weftihammer isj 'moved toward the right'froin the positionFig. 6 into the` position Fig. 7, the hook rest 4 8 is moved under'the stationary hook, andfwhen said rest cornes opposite the throat of the hook shown in Fig. 7. This is done While the lay .again comes forward toward the breastbeam during'the operation of laying the iill lng from the filling-carrier just inserted .in the shuttle,V andv the weft-fork at such-'time is tipped automatically by the fork. tipping means before described,` as at'this stroke of l the lay, there Would/.be no filling on the race of the lay and the transferrer Would be again operated a. second time Which would iminediately eject from lthe shuttle the filling-carer but just put therein by the transferrer. As the weft-hammer is again moved 'to the left fromthe positionFig. 7 While the hook 'engages the rest 45 and the tail of v1'the weftfork is lifted as shown, the rest. ushes the' hook to the left so'that its rear en' 4meets the nose 3l of the locking device 29, turning said device onits stud 28, releasing the `lever et that the spring e8 may act and turn said lever l and place the stop e30 in its inoperative position, and as the hook is so moved by the rest 45, the underside of the projection 40 acting' onthe incline lzdisengages the hook -trom the rest and leaves the locking device resting on the topl of the. lever e in its inopl have stated that the magazine-actuating i means is under the control ofthe weft-forli mechanism or other suitable means.

Vfhere the filling is to be changed after' complete exhaustion, or when the lill-ing breaks, the weft-forli mechanism Will be used to control the movement of the magazinen actuating means but when it isdesired to change the filling in a running shuttle prior to complete exhaustion and thus provide for weaving perfect cloth, then'in such instances lA may employ insteadvof a Weftffork and its slide, any usual feelenor detector; mechanism ,co-acting with the shuttle and adapted to feel through the shuttle on to the filling-car? rier in the runningv shuttle, the absence of' filling von the filling-carrierinpthe shuttle to a;

. erative position, in Which position. it Will re- Will occupy ,ist

1 1.1i@ place the stop e30; in the path of movement "lo Y not hniited to moving this stop solely by iillkzio' tion, an actuator and means to en age and,-

--of the indicatorcarried by the magazine.

qBelieving that I am the first to control-auf` .toniatically a stop and place the same in one or another position to be met by-'an indicator mounted on a filling-carrier magazine, I desire it to be understood that 4my invention is ing-fork mechanism, as it will be obvious'that the same.may be movedby any usual de-- tector .or feeler mechanism commonly emv loyed in connection with loom shuttlesto eel for the quantity of. weft thereon, and'this Ywithout dearting from the gist of the invention. So t at liconsider as within the gist'of my invention operating the stop either after conigllete exhaustion, or after the breaking oi- `the for moving the lever et. l

Having I described my invention', what I claim as new and` desire to secure by Letters' magazine in its forward movenient, and

Patent'is:-

1.111 ailling changin loom,

amagazine for sustaining a series of lling-carriers, magazin'eactuating means, means. foruplacing said actuatingmeans "in its'abnorinal posi move said actuating means that t e latter may turn. said magazine alwaysin the same direction from its normal position. u K .i yIn a filling changin loom, a magazine sustaining aseries of lling-carriers, a ill ing-transferring arm, and means for moving;

vfthe same to discharge a vfilling-carrierv troni :said magazine, combined with ma azineactuating means, means to place, sai actu# ating means in its abnormal p`osition, and .independent actuating means tothereafter engage said actuating means and eect the movement automatically of said magazine 'from its .normal position.k

3. In a filling changing loom, shuttle-boiractuating means, a-stop the position of which may be changed simultaneously with changev Aof position of said shuttle-boX-actuating means, a magazine for sustaining a series of filling-carriers, a series of indicators held in their o erative positions by said filling-car- Een present in the magazine, magazineactuatingmeans, means for placing said actuating means in itsabnormal position,

' and devices to engage and move said actuating means that the latter may turn` said magazine from 'its normal position forwardly until an indicator carried thereby meets said stop 4.*In a filling changing loom, shuttle-box actuating means, a stop the position of which 4' of posit-ion ofsaid shuttle-bo'X-actuatingl` n end holder, meansleinbr'acingl may be changed simultaneously with change means, a magazine for sustaining a series of ling, or prior to complete exhaustion, according to whichever device is employed sliuttle-box-actuating means, a stop moved iilling carriers, a series of indicators l-held in actuating means in its abnormal position,

and an actuatorto enga e and move said actuating means that the atter may yturn said magazine until an indicator carried thereby rneetssaid stop, a filling-transferring arm, and means to move said arm to eject from. said magazine a filling-carrier. y

,15. In a filling-changing loom, the combina# 'tion with a magazine lier sustaining a series of filling-carriers, a series .of indicators, shuttlebox-m'oying means, magazin`e-actuating means', a ating means, and a stop movable into one or anothe'i osition by changent-position ot the shuttle boxes, of a transferrer and iillingcontrolling means. l

6. In a lling-changing loom, a filling-cmn rying magazine having a series oi' indicators,

simultaneously with said.shuttle-box-actuating means, said stop serving to arrest the u n n y d ries ofliolders to sustain a series of iillingcarriers, and means moved by a filling-car rier when seated in its holdei to place automatically-its coacting indicator in its .operative; position. l y "8. In a Vlling-changing loom, a magazine vhaving an inwardly-directed radial arm, means to sustain the hub of said arm-in the longitudinal 4axis of the magazine, a transferrer or device extended from the outside of said magazine within4 said magazine, means to move automatically said magazine from a normal starting position forwardly for any desired distance less than a full rotation, and means to actuate said transferrer or device to eject a illing-carrier from said magazine. 9. In a filling changing loom, a magazine having an inwardly directed radial arm, means to sustain said arm loosely in the lon-n gitudinal axis of said magazine, a series of holders carried by said magazine vto hold a series of bobbins solely by their butts, a fillingend holder, a stationary circular thread rest,

actuator -lor m/oving4 said actuand means moving? with the magazine to.

cause the till-ing to travel to and iro over said rest.` t

l0: .In a filling changing loom, a lay having a bunter, a filling-carrier transferring arm or device,"a connecteddagger, magazine-actuating means, and means actu ated thereby tolit-tthe dagger that the bunter may strike the dagger and actua'tesaid transferring arm. 11. In a filling changing-loom, a 'filling ycarrying magazine a stationary-rest, aiilling'# bei.

n tween the ends of the tilting-carriers and said rest, and means for turning said ian'azine to and fro', the means embracing the iiliiiig moving with said magazine and moving the filling to and fro lover said rest.

12. In a filling changing loom, a magazine to hold. nlling carriers, a series of indicators movable with said magazine, one for each filling-carrier, and means acted upon by a .idling-carrier in the magazine to place said indicator in its operative position, the indicator assainirT automatically its inoperative position 'ie disel'iarge from the magazine of the filling-rl i ier that heid said indieator in its operative position.

l 13. 'ln filling-changing loom, a fillingearrier-transterring arm or device, a fillingcarrier-sustaining magazine having an inwardly extended radial arm, means to sustain said arm in line with the longitudinal axis of said magazine with the magazine normally at rest in its starting position7 combined with magazine-actuating means to turn said magazine forwardly from the same starting position'preparatory to placing a filling-o. rrier in position to be transferred, and means for movin0l said transferring arm or device.

'1f-i. in a Yidling-changing loom, atilling-o arrier sustaining magazine having an inwardly extended radial arm, means to sustain said arm in the longitudinal axis of said magazine, magazine-,actuated means to turn said niagazine forwardly in one direction of its movement, and means to turn said magazine back- Wardly to its starting position after eac-h forward movement thereof.

15. In a filling-changing loom, a stop-carrier provided With a stop, a filling-carriersustaining magazine having a series of indi-V cators maintained in their operative positions by said iilling-earriers, filling-carrier actuating means engaging normaily said niagazine When in itsbackiv'ard or starting position, means to move said stop, and means to move said i'illing-carrier-aotuating means to move saidmagazine automatically forward u ntil one of said indicators meets said stop when the forward movement of said magazine is arrested, said actuating means coinpleting its full stroke,

16, In a 'filling-changing loom, a stop oarvrier 'provided with a stop, a filling-carriersustaining magazine having a series of indicators maintained in their operative positionsby said filling-carriers, filling-carrieraetuating means engaging said. magazine in its bacluvard or starting position)` means to move said stop, and means to move said fill'- ing-carrier-actuating means to move said magazine automatically' forward until one of said indicators meets said stop when the forward movement of said magazine is arrested, combined vith filling carrier transferring means, and means to actuate the same.

i?. i In. a fiiiing-ehanging loom, in ezine to sustain series of iilling-carriers by the engagement of only the butts of said filing-earriers, drop shuttle-boX-aetuating means, a series of indicators carried by said magazine, a stop deriving its movements from said shuttle box actuating means, and means to move said magazine forwardly for a greater or less distance to cause the rst one of said indicators oeoupying its operative position to meet s `id stop, oombin-ed with filling-carrier transferring means, and means to' aotuate said nutgazine.

i8. in a grilling-changing loom, a fillingearrier transferring arm or devioefa fillingcarrier magazine provided with means for holding the butts of a series of bobbins, a series of indicators carried by said magazine and occupying positions' indifferent arcs, a stop, meanseto change the position of said stop to place it in the path of movement of either of said series of indicators, and magazine-actuating means .to move said magazine 'from its normal position of rest forwardly until an indicator carried by said magazine meets said stop, oombined with means to Wnile the transferring arm acts to remove a filling-carrier therefrom.

19. 1n a idling-changing loom, a stop, means to raise and lower said stop, a fillingcarrying magazine provided with means for -riers, a seriesof indicators on said magazine iilling-carrier-aetuating means, an actuator for moving said actuating means to turn the same forwardly until one of said indicators meets said. stop, a transferring arm or device, means to move the same to transfer a iilling-oarrier, and a return actuator to move said actuating means in an opposite direction, thus turning said magazine backvrardly into its normal starting position from any point where it was arrested by said stop.

20. in a filling-changing loom, a stop, means to raise and lower said stop, a fillingreeted radial arm, means to sustain said arm at the axial center of said magazine, a series of spring arms having indicators, said arms 1 being attached to said magazine, means susi tained by said magazine and moved by the filling-Carrier inserted in said magazine, each filling-carrier moving outwardly away from the end ofthe magazine, one of said arms and its indicator, the fillling-carriers maintaining said actuators in their operative positions in ares of different circles from the center of movement of said magazine, combined With a filling-carrier transferring arm or device, magazine-actuating means to turn Asaid magazine forwardly until one of said l indicators 'meets said stop, which serves to 'the same to remove a filling-earner from move said transferring arm, the stop coact-' ing with said indicator locking the magazine grasping and holding a series of lilling-carcarrying magazine having an inwardly diarrest the forward movement of said magazine, means to move said transferring arm while the magazine is at rest to remove a filling-carrier therefrom, the movement of each filling-carrier in succession permitting the indicator-carrying arm to move automatically-toward the end of the magazine, thus placing each indicator in succession in its inoperative pgsition, whereby, by successive operations of the illmg-carriertransferring arm and change of position of the filling-carrying magazine, one after another of the entire `-series of filling-carriers may be automatically discharged from said magazine. l

21.'In a loom, a movable magazine for lling'carriers, actuating means to move said magazine to bring any desired fillingcarrier into position to be transfeg'red, and actuating means to return said magazine into its normal has been effecte 22. In-a loom, a rotary ma azine for filling carriers having filling of iferent color orcharacter, actuating means to move said magazine to vbring any desired lling carrier into position to be transferred, and a device combined with said actu-ating means to re turn said magazine into its normal osition, after said transfer has been edecteii.

23. In a filling-changing loom, a magazine.

ada ted to receive a series 'of filling-carriers havmg lilling differ-ing in color or character and indiscriminately arranged in said magazine, a series of arms mounted on said magazine, one for each iilling-carrier, each ofsaid arms having an indicator, and a series of arm-locking devices, one for each arm, said locking devices serving to hold said arms in one or another position according to the color of lling on the filling-carrier.

24. In a filling-changing loom, a magazine adapted to receive a series of filling-carriers having filling differing in color or character and indiscriminately arranged in said magazine, a series of arms mounted on said magazine, one for each filling-carrier, each of said arms having an indicator, and a series of armlocking devices, one -for each arm, said lock- I ing devices serving to hold said arms in one -or another position according to the color of lling on the filling-carrier, combined with a stop"7 and means to change the position of said stop, to place the same in position to be .met by one 'or the other of said indicators.

f 25; In a lling-changing loom, a magazine adapted to receive a series of filling-carriers `having .filling differing imcolor or character and indiscriminately arranged in said magalad Zillea series of arms mounted on said magav zine, fone for each filling-carrier, each of said arms' having an indicator, and a series of armlocking'devices, one for each arm, said` locklng-devices serving to hold said arms ,in one "or another position according to the color of dposition after said transfer filling on the filling-carrier, combined with a stop, means to change the position of said stop to place the same in position to be met by one or the other ofsaid indicators, and

vmagazine-actuatin meansl` 26. In a filling-c ano'ing loom, a magazine to sustain a series of filling-carriers provided with filling differing in color orcharacter, anda series of arms provided each with an indicator, the indicators coacting with all the different filling-carriers of the same color being held in one arc, While the indicators coacting with' filling carriers having filling of a diderent color are sustained in another arc, combined with a stop, and means to kmove said stop to place it in the arc occupied by one or the other of said indicators according to the color of filling on the filling-carrier it is. desired to select. y

27. In a filling-changing loom, a magazine to sustain a series of filling-carriers provided with filling differing in color or character, and a series o'f arms provided each with an indicator, the indicators co-acting with all the different filling-carriers of the same color byeing held in one arc, While the indicators coacting with the filling-carriers having iilling of a different color are sustained in another arc, combined with a stop, means to move said sto to lace it in the arc occupied by one or tie ot er -of said indicators according to the color of iilling on the iilling-carrier it is desired to select,` a lay having a shuttle-box containing a shuttle, iilling-carrier transferring means, and means to actuate the latter.

28. In a loom, in combination, a movabley magazine to contain filling carriers having .Y

`zine toplace any desired filling carrier into position to be transferred, andmeans to return the magazine to normal inoperative position after said transfer has been effected.

29. In a filling-changing loom, a magazine to sustain a series of filling-carriers, a series of adjustable indicators connected with said maga zine, an indicator for each filling-carrier, a stop and a iillin -fork, combined with a lever moved by said filling-fork, said lever moving said stop into its o )erative position.

30. 'In a filling-changing loom,a magazine to sustain a series of'iilling-carriers, a series of adjustable indicators connected with said magazine, an indicator for eaclifilling-carrier, a stop, and a filling-fork, combined with ya lever moved by said filling-fork, said lever moving said stop into its operative position filling-transferring means, and a locking device to hold said lever in position while the transferring means is being actuated to transfer a filling-carrier from said magazine.

31. In a filling-changing loom, a weft-hammer having a` lrojection, combined with a weftfork slidear, `a hook mounted on said slide-bar, and means to effect the engageseries of filling-carriers', a. series of pins one for each filling-carrier, and a vdevice acted upon by each of said filling-carriers to move said pins into their operative position.

33. In a filling-changing loom, .a magazine provided With a series of pivoted arms each having an indicator, a series of holders for engaging the butts of a series'of filling-carriers a' series of pins sustained by said magazine one for each filling-carrier, and a 'device acted upon by each of saidiilling-carriers to move said pins outwardly to engage and hold in their adjusted positions the arms provided With the indicators.

34. In afilling-changing loom, filling-transferring mechanis1n,'actuating means therefor, a filling-.fork mechanism, means to slide Ate same when the filling is absent, means to ook the lling1forl mechanism While the transferring mechanism is being operated, and means to. release the filling-forli mechanism after the first pick of a shuttle that has just been supplied With a fresh filling-carrier. 35. In a filling-changing loom, a filling-fork having an auxiliary finger, a magazine to sustain aiseries of filling-carriers, a series of indicaters carried by said magazine, a fillingcarrier transferring arm, and means actuated by said arm to tip said fork and render thel same inoperative as and for the purpose described.

36. In a filling-changing loom, a magazine having a series of indicators, shuttle-box- -moving mechanism,'a stop, the position of which is changed by the position of the shut-- tlc-box mechanism, a filli fork, means moved by said filling fork to move said stop horizontally, a weft hammer, and means to Sustain said filling fork in its backward position after said weft fork has been actuated by said weft hammer due to absence of filling.

37. In a filling-changing loom, a weftfork, its carrying slide, va hook connected with said slide, a weft-hammer having a proj ec tion to be engaged by said hook, and means to move said weft-hammer to cause said hook to move said slide forwardly.

38. In a filling-changing loom, a weft-forli, *its carrying slidc,.a hook connected with said slide, a weft-hammer having a 'projection to be engaged by said hook, and means to move said Weft-hanuner to cause said hoolr to move said slide forwardly, combined with means for disengaging said hook from the projection c of said weft-hammer.

39. In a filling-changing loom, a fillingfork, a filling-fork-carrying slide, an elbow lever'fmoved by s'aid slide, means to lock said elbowflever in the position vWhere left by moving said slide outwardly, and a slide-bar 65 coupled with said elbow lever and moved,

seneca thereby, said slide-bar having a high part and an inclined surface, combined With a hook connected with said slide-bar loosely and provided with a projection, and a weft-hammer having a projection to be engaged by -said hook..

.4.0. In a 'lling-changingloom, a fillingcarrying magazine normally in its inoperative position and vat rest, a series of indicators carried by said magazine, drop shuttle-boxyactuating means, a stop, means under the control of the drop-boX-actuating means to movesaid stop and place the same in position to be met by one or another of said indicators, that depending upon the color of nlling in the running shuttle, and means to 'start saidjmagazine from its normal position of rest and move the same forwardly until arrested by the contact ot one of saidv indi-v carrier toward said magazine that said stopl may be met by one-or the other indicators of the magazine to stop said magazine, and iilling carrier transferring means, combined with means to move the said stop-carrier vertically` and means 4to actuate the fillingtransferring means to discharge a carrier from said-magazine.

42. In a. filling-changing loom, a magazine normally inv its inoperative position, means sustained by said carrier for holding a series of filling-carriers having filling differing in color or character, a series of indicators under the control of said filling-carriers, said indicators occupying different positions on said magazine, according te the color or character of the filling, shuttle-boX-actuating means, a stop carrier, and me'ans moved bythe shuttleboX-actuating means for simultaneously moving said stop-carrier into one or another position according to the `color or character of the filling desired to be taken from the magazine,.means to move the stop on said stop-carrier into its operative position automatically preparatory to a change of filling, a filling-transferring device, and means to .start said magazine from its normal inoperative position, move the same forwardly, and place one or the vother of said indicators against said stop, and means to actuate said filling-transferring device.

43. AIn a filling-changing loom, a lay, a shuttle-box at one end thereof to receive a shuttle open for the passage of a filling carrier thereinto and therethrough, a lling-carriertransferring army, la magazine to contain a filling-carrier, a filling-fork, means intermediate said lling-cariier-transferring arm and .filling-fork, means to move said magazine,

",zine until im ndi- @pond with "che C0101' fier t'lccou' an d of .Y 1 the shuitle to be re Said stop. f ver'm, l 'have signed my mm, 1u the presence of pusiton at the level 1 

